Building-tile.



No. ?78,598. PATBNTED DEC. 27, 1904. P. J. MCGUIRE.

BUILDING TILE.

APPLIOATION HLED DED. e, 1902. RENEWED OOT 20. 1903.

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PETER J. MCGUIRE OF BLAIRSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUILDlNG-TILE.

SPECIFICATION formng part of Letters Patent No. '778,598, dated December27, 1904.

A li ti fil d December 6, 1902. Renewed October 20, 1903. Seria No.l7'7,81'7.

This invention relates to a new article of.

manufacture in the form of building-tile com- 'posed of glass.

The object of my invention is to provide a substitute for enamel brick,pressed brick, tile, &c., as employed in veneering; and the Constructionof walls from tile of this character forms a subject for patent of evendate herewith.

My improved building-tile is composed entirely of glass and is formedinto the desired shape by being pressed or poured into suitable moldswhile in a heated state.

The improved building-tile may be made in various colors or miXture ofcolors; but I prefer that they may be made of pure white or opal glassand, if desired, decorated with suitable figures upon their eXposedsurface portions.

In the accompanying drawings I have by various views illustrated myimproved building-tile and the manner in which the same are employed inthe Construction of a wall, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofone of my improved tile. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of awall constructed of said tile, showing the interior filling. Fig. 3 is aperspective View of a portion of a wall, showing lapping of the tile atthe corners. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a tile-adapted as awalltie. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a wall, showing the manner in whichthe tie-tile is employed in the wall.

Referring to said drawings for a detailed description of said glasstile, it will be seen that the same consists of a frame 1, having anintegral partition or web 2 extending across the center thereof, whichweb or partition is of such thickness as will be equal to double thetile ends, so that when one is lapped over the other the abutting endsof the tile will have equal support on said rib or partition.

The length of the tile l prefer for ordinary purposes shall be doublethat of its breadth and the thickness or depth of any suitabledmensions, or, if desired, in proportion to the ordinary brick, so thatthe openings Will register with one another when arranged on halflap instraight-course work or when in crosslap at right angles, as in turningcorners; but I by no means desire to limit myself to these proportionsor, for that matter, to a rectangular shape. In building a wall of thesetile the edges and meeting ends of the tile are preferably fitted uponand to 'one another without the use of intervening mortar or cement; butthe entire inner spaces are filled with mortar, concrete, cement, orother suitable filling, thereby looking the tile to one another andvirtually making a solid Wall throughout.

- In many instances it is desirable to tie the wall to a false backing,particularly in cases of so termed veneer facing and to provide for suchinstances there is formed in the rear wall edge the small offset 3, sothat the tie 4, attached to said false wall, may pass in between thejoints and the ends be embedded within the interior filling, and atintervals the tile shown at Fig. 4 may be employed as shown at Fig. 5and embedded in the false wall 6.

- 'Tile of this' character not only presents a ture to juneture andlleted at said juncture, In testimony WhereOfI havehe'eunto signed oneO' said side Welle having ofi'sets in its myname in the presence of twosubserbng TO edge as shown, said tile having plain surfaces witnesses.

and the Web of a thckness double that of the e ends in cross-section soas to register With PETER MCGUIRE' the abuttng tle ends When lappedthe-eon In presence of and equalize the st'ein, suhstantally as shownOHAS. H. VOORE;

and set forth. R. H. FREY.

